April 1st you started, September 30th you ended.

As ugly as the end of the season was, and it was very ugly. There bright parts to this season...none that I feel like I can recant right now I feel so dejected.

I woke up to a picture today of ryan howard hitting a homer against the Mets. I also woke up to a pictue of my head superimposed on a National Batter...roomates...

I have a lot of stuff plnned for this off season. None that I feel like talking about it.

The Mets attempt to mirror their last series with Washington with going agaisnt Mike Bacsik tonight. Mike has not started a game since September 11, when he went 2.2 innings agaisnt Flordia, allowing 5 runs and 8 hits.

Meaning the Mets will make him look like Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlington, Bob Feller etc.

His season ERA is 4.76, but his September ERA is 5.00.

He started a game agasint the Mets on July 27th, where he won after going 7 innings and allowing only 2 runs. On two seperate occasions he has pitched relief agaisnt the Mets totaling to 3.1 innings with no runs. So in total this season, he has pitched 10.1 innings agaisnt the Mets and has allowed 2 runs.

Lets just hope that ninth inning yesterday sparks the Mets to strike hard. Mike, if knocked around, will genreally last 5-6 innings giving up 3-4 runs, but he does have spots of greatness, usually agaisnt the Mets.

For the sake of the season, like every game the past week and for next week, it is imperative that the Mets figure out the starting pitcher for the opposing team.

Bergman has had one start agaisnt the Mets, April 29th, where he went 7 innings, allowed 1 run, and took the loss. Bergman in his last start allowed 2 runs over 6.0 innings, and in the start before that, he allowed 4 runs in 6.2 innings. His September ERA is 3.51. Other stats to note is that in 25.2 innings pitiched in September, he has walked 8, which is matched with a Strikeout total of 25. The only other month he has more innings pitched is April, where he had 29 innings pitched, and after tonight, unless he gets knocked out early, he should surpass that.

Going back to that start agaisnt the Mets earlier this season, The Mets had 2 hits agaisnt Bergman. When looking at 2006 stats agianst Bergamn, There are no real standouts agaisnt him. Beltran over his last 6 AB agaisnt him does have 3 hits, a single, triple and a homer.

Earlier today, I looked at Saul Rivera Vs the Mets this year. Lets take a look at Mota and Feliciano vs the Nationals this year:

Mota:
July 28, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO
Aug 18, 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
Sep 18, 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

In total, 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
An ERA of 4.50 and no conclusion can really be drawn on these stats due to a lack of data

Feliciano:
Apr 13, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
Apr 28, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO
July 27, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO
July 28, 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
Aug 17, 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
Aug 19, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
Sep 18, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

Tot: 7.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 10 BB, 4 SO
There is enough data to start drawing conclusions here. His era agaisnt the Nats is above 4.50. The alarming factor, but its the alarming factor whenever you are dealing with Feliciano is the lack of 3 up, 3 down innings. There is a psychological factor for both sides during a three up three down inning. Now I want to define that here, I am not referring to a 3 up 3down inning with a double play, which is psychologicall boosting. I am reffereing to a pitcher getting 3 batters and not allowing any of them to get on base. His real trobles statistcially with the Nats was in July, but in the state of the penn, I am not saying in any way that he is trouble free right now, because he is not, and we all know that.

 Tonight the Mets will try their luck agaisnt Matt Chico again. They did well last time making him go 5.1 innings with 5 runs and a walk. The Walk is significant because that made four games for chico where he allowed only one walk. Before that he was walking eveybody all over the place.

The Mets for the most part this season have enjoyed success over Saul Rivera. After 1.2 scoreless innings agaisnt the Mets, the mets then scored 3 runs in 1 inning. 2 runs in one inning, and a run in an inning agaisnt him. Then last week, the Mets seemed to forget how to hit off of him. The Mets had back to back days where Saul went 0.2 innings, and over those 1.2 innings, he allowed 1 hit and that was it. We gotta remeber how to hit up on bullpens, especially when ours is so unstable.

Heilman has gone through some ups and downs this year. Alrhough, especially after moments in 05 and 06, I had problems liking him, I really respect some of his recent numbers that he has been putting up.

the numbers in the ( ) are ERA, G, IP, SO

April (3.00, 10, 9.0, 5)
May (3.77, 14, 14.1, 9)
June (4.40, 13, 14.1, 12)
July (2.84, 15, 19.0, 15)
Aug (2.31, 12, 11.2, 8)
Sept(2.08, 9, 8.2, 7)*

*Does not include last nights game

So far in September he has allowed only 2 runs. The numbers say that he found his grove late June early July, and as the team flopped around for a while in July, late August, and recently in September, for the exception of a few moments, has not been that bad. (Granted his 2 runs this month came in a game that the Mets had some chance of winning, but  nobody is perfect.)

It seems like Green and LoDuca, have been on a tear recently. How good is this tear? Lets look at the numbers:

Green in his last 10 games has a batting average of .423. He has 11 hits in 26 AB, including 2 homers. The downside to this tear is that in his last 10 games, he has only had 3 RBI's and scored 4 times.

LoDuca has also been on a tear. His average during his last ten games is not like Green's, LoDuca only hitting .286 (which is above his season mark anyway) be he also has 7 RBI's. (2 Runs).

The Stat to really look at is his September stats. He is hitting .302 this month with 16 RBI's.

Really interesting stats, really interesting stats.

The Mets will square off tonight with the National's Matt Chico. In his last 10 appearences, he has gone 54.0 innings, and has an ERA of 5.00 (30 ER, 60 H, 29 BB, 30 K) In those 10 games, he is 1-3.

In one of those ten games, he played the Mets (August 17th). He pitched 4.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 5 BB, and 2 K's.

His only other appearance agaisnt the Mets came on April 27th, where he was the winning pitcher, 5.2 innings and only 2 ER.

He is having his best month of the season right now, so far 3 starts in September, 18 innings and a 2.00 ERA.

Im trying to keep myself sane right now after seeing that game last night with a bunch of national fans. Anyway, lets look at the Wild Card and scheduels with that.

San Diego is 1.5 up on the Phils and 3.0 up on the Dodgers.

The Padres have 3 more games with Pit, 3 with Colorado, 3 with San Fran, and 4 with Millawaki
The Phils have 2 more with STL, 7 with Washington, and 3 with the Braves
The dodgers have 6 vs Col, 3 vs ARI, and 3 vs San Fran

Its very obvious that the Dodgers have the hardest remaining scheduel out of the three. The Padres main problem will be the Rockies and for the Phils, their main problem will be the Braves.

If we were talking about 3 weeks ago, I would say that the Phils would have a lot of problems with the rising Cardnals, But the red birds right now are in a tailspin worse than the Mets. (Eventhough they almost came back to win it last night.)

Back to the dodgers, they Play arizona at arizona, which is even worse for LA, because the Dbacks are 38-37 on the Road, and a lot better at home.

The Mets will face pitcher Tim Redding tonight. Tim's ERA has been consistantly rising ever since August 8th.

His July ERA of 2.64, makes him look tough. But then juxtapose that with with his August ERA of 3.82, and 2.1 inning stint in September where he allowed 2 runs, shows that he has weaknesses.

With around 30 innings pitched in July, he allowed 12 walks. With around 35 innings pitched in August, that count rose to 21.

The Mets have a knack of making pitchers like this look like Cy Young, but lets see how they do tonight.

He has had a losing record in July (1-2) and in August (2-3). He does have one win agaisnt the Mets life time.

The Mets will face pitcher Tim Redding tonight. Tim's ERA has been consistantly rising ever since August 8th.

His July ERA of 2.64, makes him look tough. But then juxtapose that with with his August ERA of 3.82, and 2.1 inning stint in September where he allowed 2 runs, shows that he has weaknesses.

With around 30 innings pitched in July, he allowed 12 walks. With around 35 innings pitched in August, that count rose to 21.

The Mets have a knack of making pitchers like this look like Cy Young, but lets see how they do tonight.

He has had a losing record in July (1-2) and in August (2-3). He does have one win agaisnt the Mets life time.

We all know Wagner has been going through some rough spots latley, but what about his last ten because he seems to have some good games there too, lets check it out.

Overall in his last 10, he has 10.1 IP, a 6.97 ERA, 13 K's and 8 ER's.

Lets break that down.

In the first 5 games of the last ten, he has given up 8 ER's with 7 K's

His last five have had no runs, and 6 strikeouts.

Just a little bit streaky.

Who's out? Who's in? Who's about to be out?

Lets find out.

So far the Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays, Twins, Royals, White Sox, Athletics, Rangers, Nationals, Marlins and Giants have all been eliminated.

Houston has an elimination number of 1, Pirates have an elimination number of 2 and the Reds of 4. They are the lower three in the MLB.

So far, no one in the NL central has been eliminated. All three divisions in the AL have become two team races.

The Phillies are at 11 and the Braves are at 7.

Lets do this.

In my dorm, there is a target board hanging on the wall. I was talking with one of the Mets fans down the hall the other day, and we decided to assign Mets players to the board, so here is the list, going from the outside of the circle to the inside of the circle:

Kenny Rogers
Roger Cedeno
Jorge Julio
Mo Vaugn
Looper
Amarndo Benetiz
Steve Phillips

Needless to say, this provides a fun time.

Rick Ankiel has been linked to HGH? Thats what I saw on mlb.com

As someone who has said repeatingly that I would not go into great detail about steriod cases...this is all I will say. Hopefully, I'll be back later with a real post.

Well, by definition of a random number, these are not random numbers, just the numbers floating around right now in my mind.

Baltimore's Elimination Number dropped to one. (I really dont think they have a chance to come back from this).

Chicago White Sox have an elimination number of 2, so they could drop today as well.

In Reyes' last ten games, he is batting .186.
In Delgado's last ten games, he is batting .375 with 4 homers and 12 RBI's
Wright cooled down to .282 in his last ten games.
Beltran has a smoking .378 in his last ten games.

Well, by definition of a random number, these are not random numbers, just the numbers floating around right now in my mind.

Baltimore's Elimination Number dropped to one. (I really dont think they have a chance to come back from this).

Chicago White Sox have an elimination number of 2, so they could drop today as well.

In Reyes' last ten games, he is batting .186.
In Delgado's last ten games, he is batting .375 with 4 homers and 12 RBI's
Wright cooled down to .282 in his last ten games.
Beltran has a smoking .378 in his last ten games.

With all of the posts that specialize in elimination numbers, this is an alert to announce when a team has a chance to go down for the count.

The Orioles are that team today with an Elimination number of 2. They play the Devil Rays who have already swept them last week. The O's pulled out a win yesterday. And tonight they send Liz (7.00) agaisnt Sonnastine (5.88)

To finish off the Orioles, the Red Sox will have to win today. They will send Schilling (4.02) agaisnt Marcom (3.75) today.

Next Alert will deal with the White Sox, who are currently sitting at an elimination number of 4

Currently, Reyes is sitting at 260 overall on the alltime stolen base list.

With two more stolen bases, he will pass Howard Johnson life time.

He recently passed Alfonso Soriano lifetime

Just checking up on the list

This weekend, the elimination process began with Tampa Bay being officially eliminated from the division.

Before this happened, it looked like Tampa Bay was on pace to be eliminated a good 2-3 weeks before everyone else (it should have happened around the start of last week). However, thanks to their sweep of the Orioles and the Yankees sweep of the RedSox, the race to be the first eliminated got a bit tighter.

Here's How the list to fall looks right now (Elimination Number)

1. Baltimore (5)
2. Chicago White Sox (6)
3. Kansas City (10)
3. Florida (10)
3. Washington (10)
3. Texas (10)